LENT WILL SOON BE HERE! Please make sure to put these dates on your calendar:
- Tuesday, March 5, at 5:30 pm: Shrove (Fat) Tuesday Feast of Bonnie’s Pancakes!
- Wednesday, March 6, Noon and 6:00 pm: Ash Wednesday Service, with imposition of ashes.
THE MOMASTERY HOUR –COMING SOON! If anyone is interested in getting together on a regular, monthly, basis for some uninterrupted mom on mom time for sanity, formation, and fellowship, you are invited to The Momastery Hour! We can go anywhere our hearts’ desires take us. This group is for us to grow and explore our faith together, and have snacks. Snacks and childcare will be provided; all that is required of moms is coming with an open heart ready to share and connect in meaningful ways with each other. Leggings, yoga pants and messy buns accepted, make-up and showers optional. Any and all moms (bring a friend or pass this on to someone who might enjoy this time together), please join us in the judgement free zone of The Momestary Hour kicking off on Monday, March 4th at 10:00 AM at the Parish House. Please text or email Caitlin Kane at 603-479-7151 caitlingrahammv88@gmail.com
FEBRUARY IS HOUSES OF GRACE MONTH!Since there really is no organized format for contributing to the Island Clergy Association Fund for the Homeless, the Island Clergy has begun a casual campaign during February to ask for donations to keep our Overnight Winter Shelter open every year, and to assist those at risk of becoming homeless. WE NEED YOUR HELP! During the month of February, PLEASE consider leaving a check in the offering plate to help the Island Clergy Association’s efforts to help our Islander neighbors out. We all depend on each other! Checks should be made payable to THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR MV and delivered, or mailed, to Father Chip at St Andrew’s. And thank you for your generous hearts!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR AN UPCOMING LENTEN SERIES, The Way of Love, Practices for Jesus-Centered Life. Join us for this Lenten program around the practices of Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bless, Go, Rest. Gather for a simple soup supper and discussion Tuesday evenings at 5:30, beginning Tuesday, March 12. Sign up at the back of the church or in the Parish House.
OUR HOPEFUL HORIZONS that focused on spiritual practices are now available as a simple booklet. There are copies at the back of the church and in the Parish House and hopefully, they will be sent out via email. Please feel free to pick one up for yourself or to share with someone you think might enjoy one.
COMMUNITY SUPPERS ARE ON MONDAYS ! St Andrew’s Church is proud to be one of the faith communities on the island to host a weekly community supper, and we INVITE EVERYONE to join us each Monday night through March at 5:30 pm. Bring some friends and make some new ones—the food’s good and cheap (free, actually!), and getting together for a meal is a great way to keep the winter doldrums at bay. WE COULD USE SOME HELP WITH CLEANUP—so here’s your chance to serve! Email Heather Anne at office@standrewsmv.org and she’ll get you connected…
THE ISLAND FOOD PANTRY is asking us to bring in our donations of non-perishable food items, buying some extra items when shopping and placing them in the purple ISLAND PANTRY BOXES at checkout, or writing a check to the Island Food Pantry, and placing it in the envelopes in our pews, and leaving it in the offering plate. Although all non-perishable, unopened and unexpired food is appreciated, a list of items can be found on the yellow cards at the back of the church.
CENTERING PRAYER can be a real-life changer – TRY IT OUT! Our Centering Prayer group meets between worship services Sundays at 9:15 am across the street in the Parish House. For the present time, we are meeting upstairs in the front room of that building. Please look for the sign on the exterior door. (Looking for a way to introduce balance, health, wholeness and meaning to your life? This could just be your ticket…) Questions? Please call Susan Kelly at 1-774-563-0634.
“The Vision of St Andrew’s Church is to make God present in our families, our neighborhood, our town, the Island of Martha’s Vineyard, and in the world.”
Our Vestry:
Wardens: Carl Malmquist and Jessica Buckley
Treasurer: Wesley Brown
Parish Clerk: Christine White
Members at Large:
Leon Brathwaite, Chris Buchholz, Michael Balay, Harrison Kisiel, Mardi Moran and Andrea Bolling
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